LinkedIn and pronouns

[OllyBJolly]

So I’ve now got the message from Linked In about “Add your pronouns so people know how to refer to you”.

Any suggestions for a smart response post? I have over 2500 contacts, many of whom I have sure have added pronouns in unthinking response to the message.

just ignore if you don't want to put them.

I'd ignore to be honest.

Or say something like -

Adding pronouns can increase sexism and harms people who aren't out at work. I won't be doing it and I won't be insulted by any pronouns you care to use.

You know you don't have to put them, right?
It's LinkedIn, it's your choice so just ignore if you don't want to.

It’s more than that for me. It’s not just that I don’t want to. I really object to this direction of travel that we all have to fit in to some kind of gender box. I’ve been a feminist since I was a teen, a mother of daughters and I’ve fought all my life against gender stereotypes. Pronouns are putting yourself in a gender box.

As a grammar pedant, it really doesn’t make sense. No one on Linked In (and I’m way more active on it than any other social platform) has ever referred to me by pronoun other than gender neutral “you” and similarly, I’ve never had to call anyone he/him/her/she/zie/they directly. It’s a nonsense that I don’t want to be part of and want to wake up others to following this ideology blindly.

I ignored the prompt a few times and it doesn’t ask me any more. I’ve also been deleting anyone with pronouns. I’ve got over 2k contacts so I don’t care...